With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.




Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
Will Schube

The group is currently gearing up to embark upon its co-headlining tour with Ben Gibbard’s other band, The Postal Service.

Jonny Pierce’s new project is set to arrive on October 13 via ANTI- Records.

Jack Tatum’s project will share the new LP on October 27 via Captured Tracks.

The songwriter and former Ponytail guitarist shares a handful of eclectic reference points for his latest LP, out now via Hausu Mountain.

The label shares a demo of “Lowlife” ahead of the best-of collection’s October 6 release.

The band is gearing up for a European and UK tour.

The two-part EP is a heady concept record fueled by nostalgia which manages to sound at once indebted to its influences and like nothing else in rap.

These are Michael Gordon’s first tracks since 2020.

The bassist and songwriter’s newly announced album of the same name will arrive on October 6, courtesy of the artist’s own Wilkes Records.

The new LP from Jilian Medford will arrive on November 3 via Polyvinyl.

The playlist features songs from Big Thief, Brian Eno, HAIM, and more.

The producer took to Instagram to share that the record will be out this fall, as well as to tease an imminent single and upcoming live dates.

Natalie Mering’s In Holy Flux tour resumes on August 14 when she’ll support The Strokes at Red Rocks.

Produced by FaltyDL, the project is out September 22 via Transgressive.

The band’s new album Silver is out September 29 via Karma Chief/Colemine.

The new album from the departed legend will arrive on September 8 via ANTI- Records.

The new album from songwriter João Rocha is out September 1 via Innovative Leisure.

Originally formed as a cathartic escape for three former child actors, Jadagrace, SWIM, and TJOnline talk making the kind of music they want to hear.

Ryan and K Hover discuss the deluxe version of their cult-classic record, expectations, and looking back on the LP 10 years on.

The song is featured in the forthcoming film Heart of Stone, which is out on August 11.